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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-02

Every thing about tho S prem
Court is impressive aud awe-inspring
Tho scm-circular chamber. with / :
sta ely columns OF notified Putom1,
marble. its half-domcd roof, lighted b,
SKY lights. and tho rich upholstery o
he sofas arranged upon the sides 10,
The accommodation of spectators. re.
call historic scenes, gleriicd as hoy
are view through the dim mist OF
time. and IT'S walls seem rea ly 10 echl
the voices Of the past The appear
anco and bearing OF tho nino elderly
gentlemen who sit In n row upon the
raised platform behind long desk,
clothed in their black silk robes. the
absolute silence onjoined upon all moi
having to address the court. and the
-ubducd monotoncs in which the bust
ness is transacted make ono feel that
here at least are gravity and ut cntion
betting the dignity Of great Gov
crnment. - american Magazine.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-02

Miss Mabel y. Rluse. a West Ham
over lady over seventy years old, sat
down the other evening. aud, without
the aid of n dictionary, astonished the
Dwcllev family. with whom she is living,
by making SOD different English words
out of the letter, in tho word Charles.
Sown."
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-02

Tho other afternoon as Farmc,
Kellogg oxen We're drawing n b,av,
'oad up Spring Hill, Conn, the load
shifted to the rear, raising the tongue
u the cart and lifting the oxen nearly
III Their fore feet. Mr.. Kellogg was nm.
tble to release them and the oxen wore
'ast choking to death, when a passing
nelghbor came to Kellogg's assistance
lhey both mounted the cart tongue and
managed to unyoke the oxen. but no,
before one of them was so thoropcbly
ahoked that he fell as though de,d
wnen released from the yoke. He soon
reeoYered, howsvsr.-M Y sun
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-02

-Paliukromes, or sentences that spell
he same backwards or forwards. are
becoming popular again. Some have
been published recently in the american.
Two good ones came through the New
York Graphic. One, referring to Ger
borus, Is; Dog, as y dcilied devil, lived
dcitied rs a god" The other is: Eve
damned Eden, mad Eve" Both OF
hesc are new and good. A Massachu-
etts editor recently got the craze, and
dter returning from poor theatrical
performance perpetrated this: Stars,
rats Baltimore .4merfcdn,
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09
State Temperance Alliance.

The Delaware State Temperance
Alliance met IN Dover last Wednesday.
Rev. Il. e. Terry was elected CORES
ponding secretary, and the other officers
remain the same as last year. The ex-
ecutive committee are: New Castle,
Alfred GawthrOp. Alexander Deakyne,
Eli Mendinhall; Kent, ]. Y. Stewart,
G. H. Register; Sussex, J. II. Marvel,
Rev. 4. e. HeatOn.
Among the resolutions was one in-
structing the Central Executive Com
mittee to urge the passage Of a local
option or prohibition law by the pres
ent Legislature, and that the measure
as to the principle and form be left to
the discretion of the above committee.
The committee was also devised to
cooperate with the w. c. T. U. and
Good Templars of the State in the
formation and passage of law to Sc
cure the enforcement of the law re-
specting scientific instruction in the
public schools regarding the effect Of
alcohol,
The report of the President, r. NJ
Cooper was a clear and strong state.
ment of the present condition of the
cause.
A general discussion of prospective
legislation took up considerable time
The impression that the present was
not temperance Legislature seemed
to be general, and resolution that the
Alliance keep ballOting till a temper.
ance Legislature is secured was also
universal.
Hon. Walter T. Mills, of Ohio, ad
dressed the Alliance on the outlook
generally throughout the country, and
drew very encouraging picture.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09
CLAYTON Locals.
KentOn, DEL, February 8, 1887.

There is considerable talk and dis
cussion in the last week in regard to
having our town Incorporated, which
indeed would be wise thing, provided
that we could have some street lamps.
If you don't know the rounds when you
start anywhere after dark, as likely as
not you would get lost or be speaking
to trees as your friends. lady was
seen the other evening, when she was
trying to get around a post, about to
embrace a gentleman of color, whom
she did not see.
The railroad has begun running the
construction train again after a furlOugh
of about two months, and we are told
that they are going to put on two
more as soon as the weather permits.
An excursion of eight Pullman cars
and three regular passenger coaches
passed through here on Thursday last
EN- route to Fortress Monroe. This is
the second excursion this winter that
has gone to the same point, and they
seem to be we'll patrOnized, the last one
carrying about three hundred aud
twenty-five passengers.
James Kane, Route Agent of Della
ware Division Adams Express Com
pany, has moved his office from Will
mingtOn here, which is a more central
point.
G. F. Grifilnberg has sold his stock
tf hardware and paints to James r
Clements, of near Leipsic' AS Mr.
Clements is young man just making
his first venture in the mercantile bus
mess, we wish him success in his new
field of labor.
G. Frank GOOtee gave a social party
at his home on Friday evening last
that was attended by several person,
from here, and they report having :
very pleasant evening.
As Knox" of the Record, wishes the
scribe of the TIMES position under the
Levy Court, will say when | get thai
position will do all | can to make him
! road OVerseer.
The following were installed as officer:
of Clayton Lodge, l. o. G. T., on Thurs
day evening last by l.. d., G. i. Steven
son: G. T., B. F. Turner; VT, Ami,
Webster; c., Sophia Waite; r. s., A
b. Nudge; A. s., Addie Willard T
s, Cora Walker; T., w. S, Collpitts
NJ, Geo. Clayton D. NJ. Ella Wright
G. Minnie Willard s., Harvey Spru
apce,
NFIDER.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09
Personal.

DR.. VIM. T. Collins, who was quite
indisposed last week from OVertaxatiOn
and exposure, is out again this week
attending to his official duties.
Capt. Joshua Davis and wife, of Cam
den, N. j., have been visiting friends
in this town.
Miss Annie Wright, of CentreVille,
Md, is visiting Miss Allie Smith, who
has been for the past two or three
months confined to her room from sick
ness.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilds has been quite
i'll the last day or two, with symptoms
akin to paralysis.
Miss Lida CahOon, Of Dover, is visit
ing Miss Nora Cotton.
Mrs. Frank Ruth, of Wilmington, is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Hammell.
Mrs. Mary A. Roberts, of Whining
ton, is visiting relatives here.
Jas. D. Wilds, of Philadelphia, arrived
here on the midnight express last night
in response to telegram sent in con.
sequence of his mothers illness.
Miss Sue Quigg, who has been spend
ing the past month in the mountains Of
Pennsylvania, visiting her brother, re-
turned to her own fireside on Monday
last.
Cards are out for the marriage o.
Charles Lancaster, Esq, a grandson o.
Simon Speakman, a former resident o.
this town, and Miss Randall, daughter
of Hon. Samuel ]. Randall. Mr.. Ian
caster is a lawyer residing in Washing
ton, d. c. Invitations to the wedding
have been received by friends here.
J. d. Scout and wife, whe have beer
for several months past visiting friend,
in the vicinity of the Delaware Watel
Gap, have returned home.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09

OUR Senator Salisbury and Senator
Beck, of Kentucky had little bout in
a debate in the Senate chamber on
Friday which goes to show that our
Senator has not lost the Chivalry of
youth if his years are lowering around
the placid age of three score and ten.
The question before the Senate was
Mr.. Beck's bill prohibiting Senators
from acting as attorneys for railroad
corporations which Mr.. Salisbury had
voted for but afterwards wanted to
amend, which led to the following col
loquy:
"Mr. Beck argued against Mr.. Sauls-
bury's amendment.
Mr.. Salisbury said he could not
let the remarks of the Senator from
Kentucky pass unnoticed. He was
willing to COncede that senator mon
OpOly Ofall the talent and all the vir-
tue of the Senate. That senator GER
tainly assumed it for himself, and he
(Mr. Salisbury would not cOntrOvert
his position but he thought It a little
ungenerOus in that senator to rise in
his place and denOunce other gentle
men who saw proper to differ with him.
The tendency of that senator's remarks
had been to show that, because sena-
tors had voted for his bill under the
impulse of the moment and had after
afterwards changed their views, that
change of view had not been honest.
Mr.. Beck. l will leave the Record
report of my remarks untouched, and
if the senator finds in them tomorrow
anything attributing an improper mo-
tive to him l will rise and apologize for
it.
Mr.. salisbury. do not want you
to apologize. l know that you said l
had been induced to offer this amend
ment. Such an imputation conveyed
in such language | will resent here,
now, or anywhere else, whenever the
senator from Kentucky feels disposed
to call me to account for anything that
l shall say in regard to him. Such an
imputation is unworthy of a senator,
unworthy of the Senate and ! stand
here now to say that, whatever may
| be his virtue, and whatever his purity,
/ he is not the peer of other senators in
those regards. did vote for the sena-
tors bill. | believed at the time that
it was right, but subsequent reflection
convinced me that some of its provision
were Objectionable. believe that the
amendment offered by me Is right.
" Mr.. Beck said he did not propose
to answer the ill-natured and unjust
remarks of the senator from Delaware
The Record would show that that sena.
tor had raised n storm for nothing
But when that senator said that he
(Mr. Beck was not the peer of other
senators he would leave that to the
country.
Mr.. Saulsbury-I beg pardon; that
was a lapse of language. l did not
mean to say peer but SUPERIOR
" Mr.. Beck-I never claimed to be
the superior of any senator; but an
the peer of that senator or anybody
else"
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09
Wanting a Law Changed.

A petition circulated here last week
Ia copy we presume of similar ones in
circulation in other tOwns) asking the
Legislature to raise the age of consent
from seven or ten years whichever it
isl to eighteen years. was signed by our
leading citizens almost unanimously,
and with expressions ofapproval The
law as it now exists is considered a
relic of barbarism, and the object of the
petitioners is to have the Legislature to
change the law so as to raise the "age of
consent" to degrade their own char
acters or allow them to be debased by
rapacious men. from the time now ex-
isting to a higher and more mature
age. This question is now being agi-
tated in a number of States in the in
terest of personal purity and for the
protection of young females, and the
present indications point to an early
and decided legal change in this regard
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09

THE factions in the Senate got into
tangle last week that could only be es-
capped from except by loss to the dOmi-
nant faction, and to get out of it the
Gordon Knot was cut in a way that is
severely characterized by the Sauls-
bury party as unconstitutional and
revolutionary. Outside of this danger
Gus experiment of straining the funda-
mental law, Sussex county was saved
the expense of special election and
perhaps the same results reached. The
difficulty was over John B. Dorman
who it was discovered was holding a
Federal Office, that of Postmaster at
Drawbridge, and hence ineligible to
hold another in our State. According
to the rendering of the constitution by
his opponents, he was ineligible to the
office of Senator if he held the office of
postmaster when so elected. Senator
DOrman resigned tie latter office. not
voting or taking any part for four days
and on Friday morning, DIR. Cooper
being absent giving Dorman and his
friends a majority, the speaker swore
him in again to support the con-
stitutiOn of the United States and
the State of Delaware and as if nothing
had happened, the Office of Senator.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09

COMPLAINT comes to us of the two
iron post stumps at what is known as
Cummins corner occupied by T. B.
Megear) which were planted as hitch
ing posts, but have been broken off a
few inches above the ground. AS they
now stand they are considered liable to
possible accidents, and ought to be re-
placed by new posts.
Since the above was put in type the
posts have been removed.
THE firm of Rice & Lullman, COM
mission merchants, Philadelphia, has
dissolved, ]. Harry Disch, of Smyrna,
succeeding Mr.. Lullman. Messrs. A..
A. Christian & Co. have been among
this firms heaviest shippers for over a
year, and they take pleasure in recon.
mending them to the farmers and ship
pers OF this section. 316 N. Water
street is a fine location for the commits
sion -GreensbOrOugh Free
Press.
THROUGH the efforts of Aubrey Van
deVer, Assistant Superintendent of the
M. +. Sunday-schOOl, and having charge
of the morning session, funds were col
collected and Il very creditable library
established, which is proving immensely
popular, as is shown by the increased
attendance at the morning session, at
which only the books can be obtained
the demand keeping the librarian, Miss
Bertha HOfIecker, and her assistant,
Clarence FAIRIES, quite busy. They have
had neatly printed and in use on Sun
day for the first time a sixteen-page
pamphlet.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09
Interesting to Ladies.

Our lady readers can hardly fail to
have their attention called this week to
the latest combination ofimprOvements
in that most useful of all domestic inn
plements, the sewing machine"
AS we understand it, machine for
family use should meet first of all these
requirements IL should be simple
in its mechanism it should run easily;
il should do "a wide range Of work il
should be as nearly nOiseless as posi-.
BILE; it should be light, handsome, dur
able, and as cheap as is consistent with
excellence throughout.
These conditions the Light Run
ming New Home certainly meets. II
has also several very important and
useful attachments and "nOtiOns its
own, which go far to make good its
claims to popular favor
The New Home" specially recon-
mends itself to purchasers on account
of its superior mechanical construction.
ease of management and reasonable
price. Over half million have been
sold in the last three years, all of which
are giving universal satisfaction. This
unrivalled machine is manufactured nv
the New Home Sewing Mochine Co
Orange, Mass, and 80 Union Suuare
New York.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09
An Old Book.

Mrs. S. 7. Mason, recently elected an
honorary member of the Delaware His
torical Society at Wilmington, sent on
Monday to that Society a little music
book that has been in her family for
nearly one hundred years and esteemed
by her as IL valuable relic of the past.
1t contains between forty and fifty
tunes, in the musical characters of that
day, written in a hand that showed the
writer to be Il superior penman as well
as music writer. The cover bears the
name of Samuel Mansfield, June 4th,
1867, when the book was written, 100
years ago. On the inside it. bears the
date of presentation to Miss Rachel
Parsons, Nov 2lst, 1892, who was after
wards Mrs. MaSOn's mother. 1t is sup
posed that this book was presented to
Miss Parsons while on a visit to Ches-
tertOwn, Md, where Mr. Mansfield
lived and died. He was the father Oi
the Rev p Mansfield, who came to this
town in 1901.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09
For the Smyrna Times.
Kenton.

Arthur, the four-year-old child of
Jas. ID. Wright, is very ill. The love
for this child and the present anxiety
extends beyond the threshold of the
parents to the hearts of all our people.
For him there seems to be a general
fondness.
On Thursday evening some of our
citizens met and discussed the manner
in which bill should be drawn for the
incorporation of our village, and a bill
for this purpose will be presented to
the Legislature.
The Lyceum, at its regular meeting
on Saturday evening, discussed whether
Columbus deserves more credit for dis
covering America than Lafayette for
aiding il, and a decision in the negative
was given. The younger participants
acquitted themselves very acceptably.
The paper, The Mercury, had many
contributions, and yet, from their
sprightliness, their reading caused no
weariness. The subject for the next
debate is, Resolved, that the "Tndian
has more cause for complaint at the
hand of the White Man than the
Negro has"
ALLER.
KentOn, DEL, February 8, 1887.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09
Another Landmark Disannears.

The large wide-spreading oak at the
lower end of Delaware street, that has
remained a sole representative of the
primeval forest since the time when
the recollection of our "Oldest inhabi-
tant remembereth not to the contrary, :"
fell before the merciless axeman a few
days ago. 1t was on the tract of over
eight acres recently laid out in building
lots, and had to get out of the way of
the march of improvement. 1t has been
a favOrite resort and playground of the
children for the past several genera
tiOns, especially of the school children
of what was the No. school befoer
consolidation. Mrs. Elizabeth Rey-
nOlds, now near her four score, says
she and other little girls often went
there to play with their doll babies,
and that it was as large then as now.
Yesterday Mr.. Anthony used giant
powder in splitting open the the trunk
roots and gnarled limbs.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09

LAST FALL during the campaign the
successful party claimed to be in favor
of temperance measures and made
many promises to hold the wavering
in the traces, but the relation of things
before and after an election are found
to be very different. The members of
the Alliance who met in Dover last
week, did not return home with their
bosoms swelIed out with expectancy.
The members of the Legislature are
quite reticent when talked to, and the
only purpose indicated seems to be an
amendment of the License law, and
such a notice has been given by the
chairman of the committee on Temper
anoe Lemuel w. Waple, to this effect.
The proposition is to restore the law
to its original condition, viz: requires
that twelve freGholders of the school
district must recommend the applica-
tiOn instead of twelve respectable citi-
zens as it now reads. AS regards the
existing status this would be an i'm
prOvement, but will weigh little in the
general suppression of the accursed
traffic.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09
Grand Concert.

Display bills are up in many of our
store windows announcing the coming
of the Fry Concert Company, of Boston,
on the 18th inst. The character ofthese
bills is such as to assure q large audi
ence, presaging as they do thoroughly
refined company and u first class enter.
tainment in every respect. There is
every assurance that this will be one of
the finest entertainments ever given in
our Hall, surprising at least in point OF
variety that of the Meigs' Sisters oftwo
years ago. This company are not only
fine vOcalists. but also famous as per-
formers on both string and brass instru-
ments, one of them being regarded as
the finest Flute violinist in the country,
The admission price will be so cents to
all parts of the Hall, but seats will be
reserved at this price if purchased be-
fore 6 o'clock on the evening of the en-
tertainment. The diagram of the Hall
we learn through w. %. HOfTecker, who
represents the Committee having the
entertainment in charge, will be at J.
2. HOffecker's store on SATURDAY. Mt 9
o'clock in the morning.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09
Death of 7. ]. Armitage.

Thomas j. Armitage died at his res
idence in this town on Friday last,
after few days illness from paralysis,
and was buried on Sunday, the mem
bers of Morning Star Lodge, No. 6, 1. O..
0. F. attending and conducting the
funeral, though he had a membership in
in Oriental Lodge No. 113, of Philadel-
phia, dating back to 1S45. Mr.. Armi-
tage came to this town over thirty
years ago to work at his business, cab
met making, first with Mrs. Lydia
Mcdowell and afterwards with the
Messrs. FAIRIES, but has been unable for
business for some time from infrmity.
During the war he enlisted in one of
the Delaware Regiments, and for sew
eral years has been drawing a pension
from the Government, MIR. Armitage
was recognized as a man of more than
usual goodness of heart, kind, obliging,
and with all consistent christian.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09
Target Practice at Clayton.

The quiet of Clayton was disturbed n
few nights ago by an impromptu shoot
ing affair, in which Reese Merritt took
William Leinberger's bull dog for a
target, greatly to Mr.. Leinberger's dis
pleasure. Mr.. Leinberger, it seems, at
taches especial value to his dog, bv
reason of the help he is to him in
keeping shop, serving as he does to
prevent the borrowing of any meat
from the shambles during his masters
absence. When, therefore, Mr.. Lein-
berger accosted Mr.. Merritt upon the
subject of his recent target practice.
Mr.. Merritt was at once possessed of
the idea that it was entirely his own
affair as to what he should select as a
mark for his bullets, and with blood in
his eyes informed Mr.. l.. that in addi-
ton to his dog he would take him and
his wife for targets if he felt like it.
Mr.. Leinberger concluded that such a
man was not safe to be at large, and
had him cited before Esquire Colt for a
hearing. Mr.. Colt bound him over to
keep the peace Jacob Leinberger, the
father of the man bringing the charge
entering Merritt's bail, and thus the
fun will probably end.
Smyrna times., 1887-02-09
Public Sales.

On Thursday, February 1Oth.-Mules,
Colt, Cattle, Hogs, Farming Utensils,
&c, Thomas E. Bailey, at Seven Hick-
ories. B. V: Weldon, AuctiOneer.
On Friday, February 1lh.-Stock,
Farming Utensils, &c, by John FOracre.
near BlackistOn's Cross Roads. b. V.
Weldon, Auctioneer.
On Saturday, February 12th.-House-
hold Goods, &C., by W, w. Nelson.
corner of Union and Mount Vernon
Streets, Smyrna. B. V. Weldon, Auc-
tiOneer.
On Monday, February 14th.-HOtel
Furniture, &c, by Joseph G. Cole at
Clayton. John NJ. Boyd, Auctioneer.
On Monday, February l4th.-Horses,
Mules, Farming Utensils, Household
Goods, &c, by William Truax, near
Walkers School House. A. Hayden,
Jr., Auctioneer. t
On Tuesday, February 15th.-StOck,
Farming Utensils, &c, Titus I. Hobbs,
in Dutch Neck. b. V. Weldon, Auc-
tiOneer,
On Tuesday, February 15th.-StOck,
Farming Implements, &c, Alexander
Monroe, near Blackbird Mills. John
M. Boyd, AuctiOneer.
On Thursday, February l7th.-Stock,
Farming Utensils &c, franklin Temple,
at KentOn. B. V. Weldon, AuctiOneer.
On Tuesday, February 22Hd.-StOck,
Farming Utensils, &c, by Thomas
English, near Downs Chapel. B. V.
Weldon, AuctiOneer.
On Tuesday, February 22nd.-Stoek,
Farming Implements, Household Fur
niture, &c, by John Il. Lewis, on the
Lee farm, near Dexter's Corner. A.
Hayden, Jr., AuctiOneer. t
On Thursday, February 24th.-Stock,
Farming Implements, &c, by Daniel w.
Jones, near BlackistOn's Cross Roads.
b. V. Weldon, AuctiOneer.
On Thursday, February path. Stock
Farming Implements, Poultry, &c, by
d. Il. Reeder, at Blackbird. A. Hay
den, Jr., AuctiOneer.